聽蜀僧浚彈琴 李白

聽蜀僧浚彈琴     李白  (701- 762)

蜀僧抱綠綺，西下峨嵋峰。
為我一揮手，如聽萬壑鬆。
客心洗流水，餘響入霜鐘。
不覺碧山暮，秋雲暗幾重。

Listening to Monk Xun from Shu Playing His Zither      

Li Bai (701- 762)

The monk from Shu with his zither the Viridity in hold,

From the west of the peak of Mt. Emei he comes downhill,
For me on his zither he buckles,
The music comes to me as the myriad pines whiffling amidst the dales,
Like running water it cleanses my soul,
It infuses the frosty sky with awakening bell tolls,
Amid the verdant mountains I feel not dusk falls,
How many layers of gloomy autumnal clouds have since in the sky scrambled?

 

 

送楊氏女 韋應物

送楊氏女             韋應物(737-792)
永日方戚戚，出行復悠悠。女子今有行，大江溯輕舟。
爾輩苦無恃，撫念益慈柔。幼為長所育，兩別泣不休。
對此結中腸，義往難復留。自小闕內訓，事姑貽我憂。
賴茲托令門，任恤庶無尤。貧儉誠所尚，資從豈待周。
孝恭遵婦道，容止順其猷。別離在今晨，見爾當何秋。
居閒始自遣，臨感忽難收。歸來視幼女，零淚緣纓流。
 
Seeing Off Yeung’s Daughter         Wei Yingwu (737-792)
 
Your days here have always been sorrowful sorrowful,
This journey will take you far far off,
This time you are going to tie up your spousals,
Against the currents your boat will sail,
Having lost your mother since a baby cuddle,
Bringing you up I’ve been particularly fondlily gentle,
Babies do need a parent’s care and fondle,
Now I’ve to marry you off I just can’t stop my tears flow,
This gives me a bruised and seared soul,
But I can’t keep you from your spousals,
You grew up without a mother’s counsel,
I am worried whether you can serve your parents-in-law well,
I know they are respectable and kind people,
Magnanimously kind hearted they are impeccable,
Coming from a poor family austerity you should uphold,
Your dowry will not be too valuable,
In your husband’s home I hope you’ll adhere to the cardinal virtues of a daughter-in-law and be filial,
Remember to keep yourself at all times decently presentable,
Here I bid you farewell,
When will we meet again just nobody can tell,   
Normally I can myself beguile,
Right now I just can’t help myself,
Back home seeing my little girl,
Tears along my hat ribbons pour.
 
 

西湖晚歸 白居易

西湖晚歸 回望孤山寺，贈諸客   白居易(772-846)

柳湖松島蓮花寺，晚動歸橈出道場。
盧橘子低山雨重，拼櫚葉戰水風涼。
煙波澹蕩搖空碧，樓殿參差倚夕陽。
到岸請君回首望，蓬萊宮在海中央。

Returning from West Lake Late in the Day        
Bai Juyi(772-846)
Turning back to espy at the Solitary Hill Temple
To all other visitors in the same boat

From the Pine Island of the Lake Willows,

Riding a boat home at night I bid the Buddhist Lotus Temple farewell,
Tangerines dangle low in the heavy hill drizzles,
Palm leaves trample amidst the rough billows under the chilly gale,
The hyaline azure sky wave in the widespread wavering diaphanous misty combers with the raving oars’ rolls,
Undulant pavilions and chambers are thrown into relief against the setting sun’s glow,
On arriving do turn your head to pay homage to the holy pale,
Right in the midst of the waters is the Celestial Temple.   

 

石魚湖上醉歌 元結

石魚湖上醉歌       元結(719-772)
石漁湖，似洞庭，夏水欲滿君山青。
山為樽，水為沼，酒徒歷歷坐洲島。
長風連日作大浪，不能廢人運酒舫。
我持長瓢坐巴丘，酌飲四座以散愁。

A Eulogy to Drinking on the Stone Fish Lake   

Yuan Jie (719-772)

To Lake Dong Ting the Stone Fish Lake looks connatural,

A huge fish shaped stone struts out verdantly there like the Lords Hill in the midst of Lake Dong Ting in summer when tide surges with water running full,
On the Stone fish Lake we guzzle,
The mountain is our wine bottle,
The water is our wine pool,
Lucidly lucidly on the ait amidst waters my boon partners loll,
Billows are hurled up these days by the long gale,
But I can’t stop the boats on which my wine is hauled,
Dispensing wine with my long gourd,
Going on the booze we dump all our melancholy and dismals.

 

夜泊牛渚懷古 李白

夜泊牛渚懷古     李白(701- 762)
牛渚西江夜，青天無片雲。
登舟望秋月，空憶謝將軍。
余亦能高詠，斯人不可聞。
明朝挂帆去，楓葉落紛紛。

Reminiscing the Past while Mooring at the Niuzhu Rocky Shore at Night

Li Bai (701- 762)

At the Niuzhu Shore of the West River in the vesper,
Not a piece of cloud is seen in the azure ether,
Mounting my boat to have the autumnal moon to savour,
The graciously unconventional General Xie I vainly recall into memoirs,
I am also a verse composer,
But there are no more people like General Xie as awesomely revered,
Tomorrow with my boat’s sail fully reared,
Amidst falling maple leaves I’ll disappear.

 

 

尋西山隱者不遇 邱為

尋西山隱者不遇     邱為(唐)

絕頂一茅茨，直上三十里。叩關無僮僕，窺室惟案几。

若非巾柴車，應是釣秋水。差池不相見，黽勉空仰止。

草色新雨中，松聲晚窗里。及茲契幽絕，自足蕩心耳。

雖無賓主意，頗得清淨理。興盡方下山，何必待之子。

 
Looking For the Recluse at West Mountain In Vain      
Qiu Wei (Tang Poet)

At the very summit a hut is nestled,

Straight up the mountain thirty miles,

I knock at the door but no servant answers my call,

Looking inside I see only a desk and a tea table,

The recluse must have gone gadding on his fire wood tumbrel,

Or in the autumnal waters to troll,

Missing out each other, just can’t across we fall,

Trying to make the most of this vain call,

I contemplate his empty bower with reverential awe,

Amidst the early rain grasses rankly verdantly sprawl,

Into the casements come the late night pine rustles,

All these cater to my taste for insouciance tranquil,

And help cleanse my earthly soul,

Though I deplore the missed pleasant discourse

Between the host and the visitor who calls,

I have this tranquility to relish after all,

As my whim for visiting is over,

Down the mountain I come leaving with delight thanks to the recluse for the course.

 

薄命佳人 蘇軾

薄命佳人          蘇軾(1037-1101)

雙頰凝酥髮抹漆，眼光入簾珠的皪。

故將白練作仙衣，不許紅膏污天質。
吳音嬌軟帶兒痴，無限閒愁總未知。
自古佳人多命薄，閉門春盡楊花落。

An Ephemeral Fair Lady       Su Shi(1037-1101)

A crème de la crème are her delicate rosy cheeks and her hair as raven as enamel,

Her eyes glitter as the portiere pearls,
The white silk dress on her is a fairy apparel,
She wouldn’t allow rouge to blemish her devastating looks congenital,
Her intoxicating southern accent captivates and enthralls,
Her glum is abysmal and unfathomable,
Beauties are ephemeral from of old,
Living seclusively behind closed doors while spring comes and goes with the flourishing willows.

八聲甘州 寄參寥子 蘇軾

八聲甘州 寄參寥子     蘇軾(1037-1101)

有情風、萬裡卷潮來，無情送潮歸。
問錢塘江上，西興浦口，幾度斜暉？
不用思量今古，俯仰昔人非。誰似東坡老，白首忘機。

記取西湖西畔，正暮山好處，空翠煙霏。
算詩人相得，如我與君稀。
約他年、東還海道，願謝公、雅誌莫相違。
西州路，不應回首，為我沾衣。
 

Ba Sheng Gan Zhou   To Monk Shen Liao Zi   

Su Shi ( 1037-1101)

From thousand miles away the flooding tide rolls in with the passionate gale,

The tide ebbs as the passions fade away,
On River Qian Tang and Xi Xing the mouthway,
How many dusks we spent together in the setting sun’s rays,
We need not judge people of the old days,
Who can take after the aged Dongpo burying all his ambitions and contrivances in his later days?
We need only to cherish the west bank of the West Lake in the most ravishing days,
When vernal brumes paint the green hills with a diaphanous haze,
From of old rare are confidant poet companions of congenial tastes same as our case,
I wish to pledge you when we retire some day,
Through the east sea channel we’ll sail,
Like Chancellor Xie of Jin to fulfill his original lofty resolution to retreat to reclusion he had earlier made,
Deplore not for all irreversible past bales,
And shed no tears for me if I stay the course of my chosen way.

寄韓諫議注 杜甫

寄韓諫議注      杜甫(712-770)
今我不樂思岳陽，身欲奮飛病在床。
美人娟娟隔秋水，濯足洞庭望八荒。
鴻飛冥冥日月白，青楓葉赤天雨霜。
玉京群帝集北斗，或騎麒麟翳鳳凰。
芙蓉旌旗煙霧落，影動倒景搖瀟湘。
星宮之君醉瓊漿，羽人稀少不在旁。
似聞昨者赤松子，恐是漢代韓張良。
昔隨劉氏定長安，帷幄未改神慘傷。
國家成敗吾豈敢，色難腥腐餐楓香。
周南留滯古所惜，南極老人應壽昌。
美人胡為隔秋水，焉得置之貢玉堂。

To the Admonisher Han Zhu         Du Fu (712-770)

Fallen in the dumps today but my mind over Yueyang whirls,

My body wants to rouse up but laid up in my ailing bed I am tramelled,
Gracefully gracefully the Adorable One strands beyond the waters autumnal,
Washing his feet in Lake Dong Ting and gazing towards the wilds in all corners of the world,
Up in the gloomily gloomy boundless heavens the wild geese soar and glide while as white as the white moon palely the sun glows,
On the reddening leaves of green maples frost falls,
In the City of Jade the gods of heaven around the Polar Star assemble,
On kirins or phoenixes in they haul,
Amidst mists their lotus banners tumble,
On the still waters of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers their images whiffle,
The lords of heaven are drunk with wine of the immortal,
The Winged Ones are  all present except one withdrawal,
One Master of the Red Pine I seem to have heard a short while ago,
Whom I guess none other than Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty who helped Liu Bei to have Chang’an quelled and settled,
Now his grand strategy still remains upheld,
But the spirit behind it has been dismally crumpled,
Not presuming to have the futures of our state foretold,
Revolted by the stink of corruption of officialdom in general,
Left for a diet of liquid amber to prevail,
Yet stranding in Zhounan has long been deplored since of old,
The Old Man of the South Pole promises long and prosperous years of senile,
Oh, Adorable One, for what reasons you are still stranded beyond the waters autumnal,
How can we have him placed favourably in a suitable post in the Jade Hall.

 

 

夕次盱眙縣 韋應物

夕次盱眙縣      韋應物(737-792)

落帆逗淮鎮，停舫臨孤驛。

浩浩風起波，冥冥日沉夕。

人歸山郭暗，雁下蘆洲白。

獨夜憶秦關，聽鐘未眠客。

 

Mooring at Xuyi Prefecture for the Night    

Wei Yingwu (737-792)

Shortening my sail up at Town Linhuai I am piled,

Over a solitary stage my boat pulls,

Ragingly ragingly rave the dashing billows,

Gloomily gloomily down the sun goes,

People returning amid grim mountain trails,

Wild geese light on silver grasses glittering isles,

In the solitude of the night the Qin Gate Pass I fondly recall,

Sleeplessly I listen all night to the bell tolls.

 

溪居 柳宗元

溪居       柳宗元(773-818)

久為簪組累，幸此南夷謫。

閒依農圃鄰，偶似山林客。

曉耕翻露草，夜榜響溪石。

來往不逢人，長歌楚天碧。

Living By the Rill          Liu Zongyuan (773-818)
 

Having been long shackled by my official devoirs,

Fortunately to the farmost land of the wild south I’ve been demoted,

In my leisure I can coze with my neighbouring farming households,

At times I do seem like a recluse amidst the wealds,

In the morning farmers turn up dewy grasses on the field they till,

At night water dashes on the rocks as boats roll,

Hardly do I meet passing people,

To the azure sky of the south I sing euphorically long and bold.

長干行 李白

長干行       李白(701- 762)

妾髮初覆額，折花門前劇。郎騎竹馬來，繞床弄青梅。

同居長干里，兩小無嫌猜。十四為君婦，羞顏未嘗開。

低頭向暗壁，千喚不一回。十五始展眉，願同塵與灰。

常存抱柱信，豈上望夫台。十六君遠行，瞿塘灩預堆。

五月不可觸，猿聲天上哀。門前遲行跡，一一生綠苔。

苔深不能掃，落葉秋風早。八月蝴蝶黃，雙飛西園草。

感此傷妾心，坐愁紅顏老。早晚下三巴，預將書報家。

相迎不道遠，直至長風沙。

 
Ballad of the Changgan Alley     Li Bai (701- 762)
As my hair came reaching down to my eyebrows,
I cut capers in front of my door after picking a spray of blow,
You came along riding a bamboo foal,
With a plum fruit in hand you galloped round the well,
Together in Changgan Alley we dwelled,
We were both still naïve juveniles,
At fourteen I became your spousal,
Too shy I was to smile a little,
I could only droop my head towards a dark wall,
Neither would I turn my face to answer your myriad calls,
Only till fifteen could I start to put on a smile,
Hence I swore to live with you to the eternal,
Even death could not have us apart pulled,
Seeing you every day the Husband Espying Tower was simply out of my pale,
At sixteen far off you had to go,
To the Yanyu Rocky Shore of Qutang you had to struggle,
In the fifth month the treacherous waters there are forbiddingly formidable,
Reaching up to the heavens there are the alp wails,
Right in front of our door where I bid you farewell,,
Our foot prints are now covered with mosses,
Mosses are too thick to be swept away once and all,
Falling leaves evince the early arrival of the fall,
In the eighth month butterflies have already turned old and yellow,
Cutting capers over the west garden grasses in couples,
These scenes plunge me in dismals,
Languishing in angst I turn old and pale,
If you are starting to hit your return trail,
Do please first send me a mail,
If I can’t come to meet you that remote,
I can at least welcome you at Chang Feng Sha’s vicinal.

宿王昌齡隱居 常建

宿王昌齡隱居   常建(708-765)

清溪深不測，隱處惟孤雲。

松際露微月，清光猶為君。

茅亭宿花影，藥院滋苔紋。

余亦謝時去，西山鸞鶴群。

Putting Up at Wang Changling”s Recluse Bower     

Chang Jian (708-765)

Abysmal is the hyaline rill,

Over his bower only a forlorn piece of cloud sails,

Amidst the pines mellow moonlight veils,

It’s for a revered gentleman like you the clear moonlight befalls,

Under the wattle late night flower shadows lie low,

In the herbs garden traces of moss sprawl,

Here I come to bid you farewell,

Henceforth far up to the West Mountain joining the herons and phoenixes I’ll go once and for all.

送天師 寧獻王

送天師          寧獻王(明)

霜落芝城柳影疏，殷勤送客出鄱湖。

黃金甲鎖雷霆印，紅錦韜纏日月符。   
天上曉行騎隻鶴，人間夜宿解雙鳧。   
匆匆歸到神仙府，為問蟠桃熟也無。  

Seeing Off Taoist Master the Supernal Zhang        Prince Ningxian of Ming

On the scanty willows of Zhi City chilly dews befall,

Seeing him out of Lake Poyang I earnestly bid my guest farewell,
His gold armour has his magic thunderbolt seal concealed,
In his red brocade pouch vested are the sun and moon conjuring spells,
On a heavenly crane he rides at dawn wherever he goes,
When he reposes on earth at night he takes off his pair of flying scandals,
Hurriedly he returns to his celestial abode,
Is the heavenly peach there already ripe and mellow?

 

 

 

送毛伯溫 明世宗

送毛伯溫         明世宗 (明)

大將南征膽氣豪，腰橫秋水雁翎刀。  

風吹鼉鼓山河動，雷閃旌旗日月高。   
天上麒麟原有種，穴中螻蟻豈能逃。   
太平待詔歸來日，朕與先生解戰袍。  

Seeing Off Mao Bowen on His Expedition Campaign   

Emperor Shi Zong of Ming

Undauntedly valiant is my southern expeditionary general,

On his waist he wears his devastating gelid autumnal water sword, the wild goose quilt,
Thunderlike warring drums on the gale send the earth in a tumble,
Banners glitter like lightening from the sun and moon high aloft,
A heavenly kirin of a soldier is my formidable general,
Where could all those pestering treacherous ants go,
When the upheavals in the South is quelled,
On my summons you’ll return home in the conqueror’s elan vital,,
How much I look forward to undonning your battling armour with my own hands to hail your feat phenomenal.